Innovation

We engender a collaborative, interdisciplinary research environment with the unique potential to make a significant impact on complex local and global challenges.

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New & Notable

Pitching in to Create a New Kind of Safe Mask

Tufts engineering student and medical school alum were part of a bicoastal effort to repurpose snorkeling diving masks for emergency and OR docs

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March Madness for Research Teams

Two Tufts science groups are competing in STAT’s best innovations in biomedicine competition—and you can vote now
Scientists Use Lipid Nanoparticles to Precisely Target Gene Editing to the Liver

Gene editing delivery method in mice suggests possible one shot treatment of high cholesterol
A Robust New Vision for K-12 Civic Education

A team of experts, including two from Tisch College, created an unprecedented roadmap to improving civic education for U.S. students
Finding Better Ways to Treat Urinary and Kidney Diseases in Pets

A new fellowship at Cummings School is advancing the use of minimally invasive techniques and dialysis to treat serious illnesses in cats and dogs

Events

Spotlights

Center for the Humanities at Tufts (CHAT)

Established to promote innovative collaborations in the humanities and arts. Encourages conversation and debate that reach beyond the traditional borders of a given discipline.
Tufts Institute for Human-Animal Interaction

Promotes the health, strengths and well-being of humans and animals through multidisciplinary partnerships that foster innovative research, education and service programs in human-animal interaction.
Tisch College Community Research Center

Promotes collaborative research with community partners to redress issues of disparity, inequality and social injustice.
Water: Systems, Science, and Society (WSSS)

A graduate-level program that takes an interdisciplinary approach to understanding water issues worldwide. Provides students with the perspectives and tools to manage water-related problems.
Collaborative Learning and Innovation Complex (CLIC)

Helps meet the need for updated classrooms, large meeting rooms, teaching labs, research labs, and office space, and includes a café and informal learning spaces.
Civic Seed

An innovative, multiplayer game developed at Tisch College to prepare students for work in the community.